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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-04-01


LARGE l1oRsEs.-Mr. Garrett Amoss's splen-
did Percheron horse Sultan II. was exhibited in
Bel Air on Monday. Sultan IL. was lately pur.
chased at Mr.. VIM. L. Walters sale and al
though not yet four years old is lG15 hands high
and weighs $50 lbs. He is fine specimen of
the breed and will stand n critical examination
Mr.. Geo. l.. Scott, of Darlington, on Monday
drove to Bel Air, with his large black horse
Prince Junior, sired by Black Prince of Ken
lucky, and purchased from MIR. VIM. b. Willis,
of Baltimore. Prince Junior is II hands high
and weighs l, 400 lbs.
Large horses seem to be growing in popular-
ty among Hartford farmers, and more attention,
we believe, will hereafter be paid to raising
horses of good size for general farm purposes
Besides they are more saleable in the cities, for
use in express wagons, truck 5, &c
DEAD BODY FOUND Last Monday morning
Mr. James W. Wells found the dead body ofan
unknown man, entirely naked, lying in the lane
between his place and Mr.. George NJ. Mitchell's
Bush River Neck. Clothing supposed to
Lave been worn by the deceased, was found
about quarter of mile distant. Justice Gro.
min summoned jury of inquest, Mr.. j. H. En-
mord, foreman, who rendered verdict of death
from exposure, The man was feet inches
in height, probably so years of age, of sandy
complexion, and weighed about 100 lbs. His
clothing was of good quality and contained
eleven pipes and several papers. Two of these
papers were printed. One of them was o Chris
tian association card, and the other religious
publication of November, 1856, containing a
poem on 1.-THE Beggar Girl" The only manu-.
script was strip of paper, on which there is
al undeciphcrable scrawl in lead pencil, in
which are the words, "Baltimore," "P. Waapp
IL Co." and "barber. The remains were buried
at Cranberry Church
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FOUND DEAD IN THE RoAD.-On Wednesday
morning Solomon Brown, an industrious color
ed man, about So years of age, was found dead
by the roadside, on the road leading from
Churchville TO Level. lie left Churchvile
store Tuesday evening, about 8 o'clock, to go 10
his home, near Gravelly HILL and was not seen
again until his dead body was found, the next
morning, by persons on their way to Mr.. Water
mans sale. Brown was a strictly temperate
man. He was known to be subject to fits and
1t is supposed that being overcome by one of
these he fell down and was frozen to death He
leaves wife and four small children.
JUDGE WATERS CATTLE FASTENER. A.
L'llommedeu, Mauhasset, Long Island, n.
Y, is now the sole manufacturer of the Waters
Patent Fire Escape and Labor Saving Cattle
Fastener, of which Judge Jas. d. Waters, of
Hartford county, is the inventor. This is an in
genous device, by which any number of cattle
occupying stalls in row can be set loose in an
instant, by pulling lever, or any one can be
set loose with much greater ease than when
fastened in the usual manner. child can do
1t with safety. Judge Waters cattle fasteners
are growing in favor and no farmer who has
them in use would do without them. They are
furnished for 81 per stall.
a FINE Lot OF CATTLE.-Mr. Henry A. o.
born, who lives near Havre de GtIce, is fatten-
ing 20 head of cattle, which are said TO be as
fine or finer than any lot i'll the county. They
were bought the LIST of last December, weighing
an average Of 1,Os9 lbs each. They have been
well fed all winter, and it is said by competent
judges they have already gained 400 lbs. EACH
They cost AZ cents per Id.
Mr.. Osborn feeds these cattle mixture of
yellow corn chop and bran, at the rate of two
thirds meal and ne.thrd bran, three gallons
each at feed, morning and evening, together
with all the hay and sugar corn fodder they will
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The Cattle.Train.

A touching incident was related some
years ago by Miss L. NJ. Alcott, the we'll
known author. We give the story in her
cwn words, as published at the time:
Somewhere about Fitchburg, as we
stopped for twenty minutes at station,
I amused myself by looking out of a
window at water fall which came
tumbling over the rocks, and spread into
wide pool that flowed up to the railway.
Close by stood cattle train; and the
mournful sounds that came from it
touched my heart.
"Full in the hot sun stood the cars,
and every crevice of room between the
bars across the door ways was filled with
pathetic noses, shifting eagerly at the
sultry gusts that blew by, with now and
then fresher breath from the pool that
ley dimpling before them. How they
must have suffered, in sight of water,
with the cool dash of the fall tantalizing
them, and not drop to wet their poor
parched mouths!
"The cattle lowed dismally, and the
sheep tumbled one over the other in their
frantic attempts to reach the blessed air,
bleating SO plaintively the while, that I
vas tempted to get out and see what
could do for them. But the time was
nearly up; and, while I hesitated, two
little girls appeared, and did this kind
deed better than could have done it.
~ cou not hear what they said; but
as they worked away so heartily, their
little tanned faces grew lovely to me, in
spite of their old hats, their bare feet,
and their shabby gowns. One pulled off
her apron, spread it on the grass, and
emptying upon it the berries from her
pail, ran to the pool and returned with
it dripping, to hold it up to the suffering
sheep, who stretched their hot tongues
gratefully to meet it, and Tapped the
precious water with an eagerness that
made little barefoot's task hard one,
"But to and fro she ran, never tired,
though the small pail was so soon empty;
and her friend meanwhile pulled great
handfuls of clover aud grass for the COWS,
and having no pail, filled her picking
dish with water to throw on the poor
dusty noses appealing to her through the
bars. 1 wish 1 could have told those
tender hearted children how beautiful
their compassion made that hot, noisy
place, and what a sweet picture l took
away with me of those two little sisters
of charity"
BLESSED are the merciful: for they
shall obtain mercy"
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IS. We have tried mighty hard to cul.

us. We have tried mighty hard to cul.
tivate peace and good will, but it seems
impossible. I reckon we had better quit
and let old Father Time settle it. Bob
Toombs said there never would be har-
mony between the North and the South.
He dident want them to come down here
and be buried in Our graveyards, for he
said he dident want to rise with them
from the dead. Toombs was good
hater and they never made anything off
of him. If they dident have the Glenn
bill to fuss about, they would hunt up
something else. They remind me of
jealous husband who is always hunting
around for something he don't want to
find. So let them hunt. We wore our
selves out whipping them once, and I'm
afraid we will have TO do it again. We
wouldent mind it at all if they wouldcnt
come in such everlasting gangs like the
locusts of Egypt, but just let them tote
fair and come man for man, and ne will
lick them again. The Northern Demo.
Gratis ought to be grateful to the South,
but don't believe they are. What
could they do without US? Why don't
they whip some of the fanatics? Why
don't they maui the grace into their
unbelieving souls? If was Northern
Democrat and held a federal Office [
would whip any man who slandered the
South. Cleveland is the president, but
who made him so? We are going to
make him president again, for he is a
good man, and he is coming down to our
exposition, and we will make as big a
fuss over him as we did over Jefferson
Davis. We stand by our northern
friends every time, and Cleveland is one
of them, and Mrs, Cleveland is another !;
we will stand by her through thick and
through thin. May she live long and
prosper and multiply snd replenish.
The sunny South is coming to the front.
We have got some little things to arrange
and fix up about the convicts and prohi-
bition, but we will do that we've tried
leases and intemperance, and are not sat.
isfed, and now we will change the pro-
gramme and if the new plan don't work
we'll We can go back to the old one.
Variety is the spice of the life anyhow.
Our laws are not like the laws of the
Medes and Persians that never change.
We can change every year if we want TO
and nobody be hurt. l don't care cent
what laws they pass 80 far as l am indi.
vidually concerned. II there is law in
the code that concerns me 1 don't know
if. I never think about the law for l
haven't got anything against anybody,
and nobody has got anything against me
that know of. III couldent read those
northern papers 1 would be perfectly
happy. I wish they were printed in
some other language. I've sowed my
turnips and they are up and all right.
Our Irish and sweet potatoes are abun-
dant. Butter beaus and okra and green
corn are plenty. The COW gives three
gallons day and l have plenty of but
termilk. So don't care-let them all
rip-I'm independent too.
BILL ARP.
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Presumed TO be Dead.

Mrs. Isabella Shaw took out letters of
administration on the estate of James
Shaw, who had been absent from the
State for eight years. All the processes
incident to the winding up of a dead
mans estate were gone through with. the
administrators gave bond, the property
was appraised, sold and the proceeds
ordered divided among the heirs. Mr..
Shaw, who was perambulating somewhere
on this mundane sphere, got word, in
some way, of what was going on, and
turned up in st. Louis just as the pro.
ceeds of his effects were about to be dis.
tributed. He visited the probate clerks
Office and examined the papers; he had
been adjudged dead by the Court, and
there was no mistake about it, as the
records showed. He also expressed him.
self as satisfied with the accurate way
the administrators had managed the
estate, she having paid his debts aud all
expenses, save his funeral expenses. He,
however, subsequently,, in propria per-
soma, applied to have that portion of his
estate which had been ordered distributed
turned over to himself. He sets out in
his petition for that purpose that he had
been absent from the State for eight
years, aud under the laws of the State
was presumably dead, yet he desired to
make proof that he was not dead, and
further that he has always been alive
during the years of his absence from the
State, and is now alive and in good
health. The Court allowed him to make
the proofs he desired, and the proceeds
of his estate, instead of going to his
heirs, we're turned over to him.
Another case equally as interesting
was that of Mrs. Sarah Conroy, who took
out letters on the estate of her husband,
John. The latter disappeared and was
gone seven years, when his wife had him
adjudged dead, aud took out letters on
the estate. Before she had concluded
the administration she married another
man, and is now living on the homestead
that belonged to her former husband.
She came very near making miscalcu-
lation, however, as under the law the
presumably dead man has the right to
materialize at any time before the .distri.
button of his effects to his heirs and
claim his property. 1t appears that
Conroy, who was in Texas, saw "6ual
settlement notice in one of the St.
Louis papers, in which Sarah Conroy, as
administrators of the estate of John
Conroy, gave all persons having demands
against the estate notice to present the
same for allowance or be forever barred.
Mr.. Conroy wrote to St. Louis to ascer'
tain what it all meant, and the letter was
turned over to the attorneys of Mrs.
Conroy, who wrote him explaining the
situation, charging him with having
abandoned his wife and informing him
that he would be arrested, the offence
being criminal one. Mr.. Conroy was
never heard of afterward, but if he had
come to St. Louis he would have gotten
his property back.
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right action always win in the end
Hence, Arthur presently found a few
fellow-pupils whose congeniality devel'
oped his rare genius for friendship, ano
they became lifelong friends. His bril-
liant talents changed the scorn of even
idlers to admiration. Arnold warmly
loved him. And when at the end of hi;
Rugby course he took the first great
prize of the school Arnold broke the
silence of the occasion by saying:
"Thank you, Stanley. We have moth
ing more to give you."
"That was, indeed, proud moment Of
his life. And never did Rugby pupil
take leave of that famous school feeling
sweeter satisfaction than he, when, having
won the nrst Balliol scholarship ever
gained by Rugby boy, Arnold, proud Of
his pupil, shook his hand, saying with a
deep feeling:
"God bless you, Stanley God bless
you, Stanley !"
And God did bless and prosper him, at
his college, in the subsequent professor
ship at Oxford, in his ministry, in his
authorship, and in his administration o1
his duties as Dean of Westminster. He
held some errors of opinion, 1t is true,
but his life was pure. and his memory
lives, and will live, in the affections ol
mankind. Thus you see that the
thoughtful, studious boy was father to
the great, the honored, the beloved man
-Daniel INsc, d. d., IN Our Youth.
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He Had Misgivings Still.

A drummer who runs his business in
South Carolina was in certain neigh.
borhood where the crops we're very fine,
and where most of the people were
rejoicing over the prospect of plenty.
Several of the people were together, and
one of them concluded to call on q
chronic grumbler of that section to hear
what he had to say about the crops.
But he, too, acknowledged that the crops
were very fine, and it seemed that even
he had no complaint against Providence.
However, after acknowledging that
everything was splendid, he added,
"But I'm monstrously afraid that the
big crop has so impoverished the ground
that we shall make hardly anything next
year, Greensboro Workman.
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Coughing Horses.

A horse may cough from having taken
cold, and he may cough also through the
injurious influence of dusty hay. A cor.
respondent who has been watching for
the cause of the winter trouble 10 his
horses, says that he has become con-
vinced that the trouble comes, in his
case, from clover hay, and more particu.
larly through the manner of feeding it.
His custom, like that Of many others,
has been to let the animal draw the hay
down through rack, thus stripping of
the fine dust, which was drawn into the
lungs in respiration and produced the
cough. He believes the remedy for this
trouble to be in giving the animal its
feed in the natural way, i. e., allowing it
to gather the food at the level of its feet.
Since changing his racks to hangers
the writer says he has had no further
trouble with coughing horses.
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A Child's Tears,

Once when child was i'll unto death
its mother kneeled and prayed to Heaven
that its life might be spared. AS she
prayed and wept an angel softly took its
place beside her aud whispered:
"Heayen has sent me in answer to
your prayer. Here is the mirror of life ;
watch we'll and tell me what you see."
And then as the mother wiped away
her tears and held the mirror before her
the angel asked:
"What is the picture?"
"It is that of fair.faced boy of TO-"
care there tears in his eyes?"
"There are no tears"
'Then the angels of Heaven are weep
ing for him. Look again and tell me
what you see.'
"This time it is a youth Of Is. 1t is
the same boy as before, but older grown,
and the face is not so gentle"
"Are there tears in his eyes 2"
"There are no tears"
"Then there is sadness among the
angels in Heaven. When human eyes
are dry of tears the heart is full of evil"
Then the mother looked again, and
when the angel asked what she saw she
answered:
cone just coming to mans estate. 1t
is the same face as before, but it is in the
darkness and + see lines of evil"
"Look closer and tell me if you see
tears"
"There are no tears"
"Then there is grief in Heaven, and
heartaches on earth. He who never
weeps has gone far wrong. Look again
and tell me what you see"
"This time it is man in conyicps
garb, and his evil look appalls my heart" :"
care there no tears in his eyes?"
"There are no tears
"Then the angels of Heaven weep.
Without tears there can be no repent
ance. L charge you to look once more"
"This time it is one lying dead in the
darkness-no watchers-no one to weep
nothing but the gloom of night around
him."
"And are there tears upon the face of
the dead ?"
"There are no tears"
"TheD, alas it is another soul con'
signed to everlasting darkness. Turn
the glass and look for the last time.
What do you behold?"
"A chid-my child-upon its bed of
sickness. oh Angel Of Mercy, pray
thee 10 spare its sweet young life!"
care there tears%
"Aye! there are tears"
"Thcn l shall kiss them away and the
angels of Heaven will rejoice as l bear
the innocent spirit within The golden
gates" ."-DctroH Free Press.
- 1t demands giants strength 10
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Forgot TO Beller.

An undemonstrative husband caused
his wife some chagrin on board train
recently. A Chicago journal says that
in railroad accident near that city a
woman was shaken very severely and
could not speak for some time, although
conscious of what was taking place
around her. Some of the passengers
thought she was dead. Her husband
feared so too, but instead of giving way
to unavailable grief he flew around doing
all he could for his wife's recovery.
When she was pronounced out of danger
she said, reproachfully:
"John !"
"Well, Samanthy?"
"You didn't beller a bit there when
they all thought was dead"
"Well, samanthy," said John, in some
confusion, Eye see 1 was flying around
trying TO bring ye to. I didn't have no
time to bcller."
eyes, John," said the old lady, feebly,
with suggestion Of tears in her voice,
"but couldn't ye beller little now,
John, jest for the looks of things?"
"Why, Samanthy, if / was to bcller
now folks would say was doin' it cause
you was going to git we'll"
II never thought o. that" said The old
lady sadly. "I wish to goodness, John,
you'd belIcred some at the right time.
'Twould have been real comfortin'
= The heart gets weary, but never
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Society in China.

The highest ambition of Chinese
gentleman is 10 have nice cofhr and q
fine funeral, writes Wong Chin Foo.
Old women instead of the young are
the idols of society.
Lovemaking is only done three days
before marriage. 1t is not only consid.
cred the safest way to get ahead of a
rival, but the surest way to get wife
without losing much time.
A previous acquaintancesbip between
the male and female prevents them from
marriage. For this reason man sell
dom weds a girl of his own town.
A man could borrow money on the
strength of his having son, but no one
would advance him a cent if he had a
dozen of daughters. The former is
responsible for the debts of his father for
three generations. The latter is only
responsible for the debts of her own hus.
band.
When Chinaman meets another he
shakes and squeezes his own hands !;
cover his head. IF great friends had not
seen each other for a long time, after the
mutual shaking they would rub
shoulders until they become tired.
Instead of asking each others health
they would say: "Have you eaten your
rice? Where are you going? What is
your business when you get there? How
old are you, and how much did you pay
for your shoes?"
Men wear long petticoats and carry
fans, while the women wear short jackets
and carry canes.
Boats are drawn by horses carriages
moved by sails.
Old men play ball and fly kites, while
children fold their arms and look on.
Ifa Chinaman desires the death of an
enemy he goes and hangs himself upon
his neighbor's door. 1t is sure cure to
kill not only that particular enemy, but
members of his entire family will be in
jeopardy of losing their lives.
When a Chinanan desires visitor to
dine with him he does not ask him 10 do
SO, but when be does not wish him to
stay he puts the question: ooh, please
stay and dine with me !'' The visitor will
then know he is not wanted
A rich mans servant gets no salary,
yet many are the applicants; while big
salaries are paid to the servants of the
common people, but few make applica-
tions. The perquisi!es of the former,
often more than triple the salaries of the
latter, are the sole reasons of these differ
ences.
When a Chinaman expects Il present
aud it does not come, he sends one Of
lesser value.
10 encourage honesty and sincerity
confidential clerks and statesmen in all
branches Of industries receive an annual
net percentage of the firms business
besides their regular salary.
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The Childhood Of Christ.

Let us single out the boy, that we may
try to see him as he was-afoot like his
brethren, small growing, and therefore
slender, says Gen. Lew Wallace, writing
in Harrers' Magazine of ''The Childhood
of Christ" His attire was simple; on
His head white handkerchief, held in
place by cord, one corner turned under
at the forehead, and the other corners
loose. A tunic, also white, covered him
from neck to knees, girt at the waist.
His arms and legs were bare; or his feet
we're sandals of the most primitive kind,
being soles of ox-hide attached to the
ankles by leathern straps. He carried
stick that was much taller than himself.
The old painters, called upon to render.
this childish figure on canvass, would :
have insisted upon Distinguishing it with
nimbus at least some of them would
have filled the air over his head with
cherubs; some would have had the tunic
plunged into pot of madder; the very
courtierly among them would have
blocked the way of both mother and son
with monks and cardinals. The boys
face comes to me very clearly. Imagine
him by the roadside on rock which he
has climbed, the better to see the process
sion winding picturesquely through the
broken country. His head is raised in
an effort at far sight. The light of an
intensely brilliant sun is upon his coun.
tenance, which in general cast is oval
aud delicate. Under the folds of the
handkerchief 1 see the forehead, covered
by mass of projecting sunburned blonde
hair, which the wind has taken liberties
with and tossed into tufts. The eyes are
in shade, leaving doubt whether they
are brown, or violet like his mother's;-
yet they are large and BEAUTIFULLY clear
and still retain the paralleism of arch
between brow and upper lid usually the
characteristic of children and beautiful
women. The nose is of regular inward
curve, Joined prettily to short upper
lip by nostrils just full enough to give
definition to transparent shadows in the
corners. The mouth is small, and open
slightly, so that through the scarlet fresh.
ness of Its lines / catch glimpse of two
white teeth. The cheeks are ruddy and
round, and only certain squareness of
chin tells of years this side the day the
Magi laid their treasures at his feet.
Putting face and figure together, and
mindful of the attitude of interest in
what is passing before him, the lad, as I
see him on the rock, is handsome and at.
tractive. When the journey shall have
ended, and his mother made him ready
for the court of the temple, he may jus.
tify worshipful description of the
Saviour of men in the comeliness Of
budding youth, his sad destiny yet far in
the future.